Pray stop that lady--let me have repose To point a moral. _(Advancing to the audience.)_ Ah! I see you two; Young man desist, you know not what you do; Take my advice, retract in time, forbear-- You're making love to that young woman there! Ah! you may look--he _is_, _his_ fate is clear, Unless he's warn'd by what he's witnessed here. PINKEY, _interfering._ Hush! don't--it's delicate--like me, he may Have borne his love in silence many a day, And I've a question _(To the audience)_ I must pop to _you:_ I'm half ashamed, upon my life it's true; But will you, as I mean to take a wife, Forgive the errors of my Single Life? THE END. _Disposition of Characters._ (From R. to L.) BOSS. SNARE. COY. NIG. DAM. MAC. PIN. SKY. CHE. MEA. "NASSAU STEAM PRESS," W. S. JOHNSON, NASSAU STREET, SOHO. Transcriber's Note This transcription is based on scanned images posted by the Internet Archive from a copy made available by the University of California: archive.org/details/singlelifecomedy00buckrich In general, the spelling, grammar and punctuation of the source text have been retained, and no attempt has been made to standardize inconsistencies of spelling. For example, the contraction of "cannot" is printed both as "can't" and "cant". In a few cases, minor adjustments were made to the formatting for the sake of consistency. In addition, in cases where the printed text was judged to have printing or typographical errors, the text was corrected. The following changes were noted: - pp. iii-iv: The punctuation and formatting of character and actor names has been standardized for consistency. - p. iii: pink gloves, pink watch bibbon--Changed "bibbon" to "ribbon". - p. iii: French gaiters and shoes, ound hat--Changed "ound" to "round". - p. iv: _(2nd dress in the last scene._--Inserted a closing parenthesis after "_scene_." - p. iv: T.E.L. third entrance left.--Inserted a comma after "entrance" for consistency. - p. 10: Changed "abomi- able" to "abominable". - p. 10: "Nobody coming to marry me, nobody coming to woo--wo--o--o--o--woo--o----Inserted a closing quotation mark at the end of the line. - p. 14: and which _materiel_, I flatter myself, I possess _(Crossess to L.)_--Inserted a period after "possess" and changed "_Crossess_" to "_Crosses_". - p. 18: Miss Kitt once more I've saved him.--Changed "Miss Kitt" to "Miss Kitty," based on the amount of space missing at the end of the line. - p. 19: Miss Snare will be happy to hav--Changed "hav" to "have". - p. 22: You are henceforth the mistress your own actions.--Inserted the word "of" after "mistress". - p. 27: MISS. SNA. Poor fellow, how badly he must want a night's rest.--Deleted period after "MISS". - p. 28: _(Singing.)_ "Seared and----Inserted a closing quotation mark at the end of the line. - p. 29: MISS SYK. Have you invited him?--Changed "MISS SYK." to "MISS SKY.". - p. 33: Ha! ha! Moral courage for matrimony,--Changed comma to a period.